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Rome, Open City (Italian: Roma città aperta), also released as Open City, [ 3 ] is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini. Set in Rome in 1944, the film follows a diverse group of characters coping under the Nazi occupation, and centers on ...
May 15, 2024 · Reports of the initial domestic response vary. When the film opened in Rome in September 1945, the horrors of the war were still fresh in the minds of Italian audiences. According to some sources, this made them turn tepidly away from Rome, Open City in search of escapism, while others claim that it led to heavy identification and cathartic tears.
After making films under Mussolini’s fascist regime early in his career, Rossellini broke out with Rome Open City, a shattering and vivid chronicle of the Nazi occupation of Italy’s capital, followed by Paisan and Germany Year Zero, which round out his “war trilogy.”. Rossellini’s adulterous affair with Ingrid Bergman led to the ...
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Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama/film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, also featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain , this was Crawford's first starring role for Warner Bros. , after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress .
- The 1940s’ Italian Republic
- The First Elections in Italy 1946
- The Peace Treaty
- Italian Society and Art from 1945 to The 1950s’
Towards the end of the Second World War, Victor Emmanuel III the discredited king tried to bring up the status of the kingdom by nominating his son and the beneficiary of the kingdom, lieutenant general Umberto II and promising to the Italian people that after the war they could choose the type of government they wanted by referendum. During April ...
The major Italian politicalparties in 1946 were: Christian Democrats Italian Socialist Party Italian Communist Party All the parties in the general elections of 1946 had separate candidates, amongst which Christian Democrats won the votes. The other two parties, the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian Communist Party were given ministerial posi...
In the peace treaty of 1947, few adjustments were made at the Italian and France border. The border area on the east was given to Yugoslavia and the region around Trieste was announced as a free territory. Thefree territory which was under the jurisdiction of UK and US forces was divided among Yugoslavia and Italy, mainly zonal boundaries. Italylos...
The Italian industry (in particular iron and steel) was severely damaged during the war. Agriculture had also greatly suffered, in particular in Central Italy. Big parts of the railroads and harbors had been destroyed. Many Italian cities had been bombed. After the war, unemployment rates rose and the value of the “lira”, the Italian currency, coll...
Mar 27, 2020 · It didn’t take long for the film’s artistry to be widely recognized. Released in October 1957, The Cranes Are Flying received a mostly positive reception from Soviet critics and was embraced by audiences. The following year, Cranes competed at Cannes, winning the Palme d’Or; it would be the only Soviet entrant ever to do so. During the ...
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Jan 21, 2024 · On the morning of Friday, April 13, 1945, three men gathered at a table in L’Espadon of the Ritz Paris over a breakfast of coffee and croissants. News of the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt the day before was, of course, foremost on everyone’s mind. The man at the center of attention in this group was William Donovan, director of ...
